Example sentences of "when it [vb past] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jill Jones 's album had been on the shelf for so long that when it did come out , it sounded old , ’ she reveals . |
| 2 | Despite George 's vigilance the snow , when it did come , took him unawares . |
| 3 | After all , when it did come it initially avoided these political problems by the simple device of locating the determinants of crime in the individual 's make-up ( and for that reason the early version of positivism has been a firm favourite with rulers and governments ever since ) . |
| 4 | It need not , however , have had the significance it acquired in tenth-century documents when it did come to express claims to a kingship of all Anglo-Saxons . |
| 5 | It was a worry when we did n't get a pension and when it did come , it alleviated things , but we know it could run out in the New Year . |